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BUSHBEEGICATALOGUE. 



AUTUCHON. 



Autucbon. (Arnold's Hybrid No. 5.) A 

 Seedling of Clinton, crossed with Golden Chas- 

 selas. Leaves dark green, very deep lobed and 

 sharp pointed serratures; the unripe wood is 

 very dark purple, nearly black. Bunches very 

 long, not heavily shouldered, rather loose ; ber- 

 ries medium size, round, white (green), with a 

 moderately firm, but readily melting flesh, and 

 an agreeable, sprightly flavor, resembling the 

 White Chasselas. Skin thin, without astrin- 

 gency. Ripens with the Delaware. Mr. Sam. 

 Miller, the originator of the Martha, bestowed 

 the following high encomium upon the new 

 grape in 1869 : 



" I have always considered Martha the best 

 white native grape, but since seeing and tasting 

 the Autuchon, I haul down my colors, //it will 

 ripen like this in Canada, and if it improves by 

 coming here like Rogers' and other Northern 



grapes, then it seems to me, we have all that can 

 be desired. It alone is a treasure." 



It is well that friend Miller qualified his en- 

 comium by "ifs," for the Autuchon did not 

 come up to those expectations ; it proved tender 

 and unreliable, in the West at least; its fruit 

 subject to rot and mildew, and notwithstanding 

 its fine qualities, it will remain but an amateur 

 variety and cannot be recommended for profit- 

 able culture in vineyards. 



We append an illustration which gives a 

 truthful view of the bunch as grown with us, 

 for we have never seen any so large as repre- 

 sented by the cut used in our former edition, 

 and which was obtained from the originator. 



Arnold's Hybrids.* See Othello (No. 1.) 

 Cornucopia (No. 2.) Autuchon (No. 5.) Brant 

 (No. 8.) Canada (No. 16.) 



Arrot. (or Arcott?) (Lair.) Philadelphia; lunch, 

 and berries medium, white; resembling the Cassady\n 

 appearance, but not as good. " Sweet and good, with 

 a thick skin, good grower, and productive.'' Eus- 

 mann. 



Augliwick. (Cord.) Introduced by "Wm. A. Fra- 

 ker, Shirleysburg, Pa. Bunches shouldered, similar to 

 Clinton; lorries larger than Clinton, black, juice very 

 dark, of spicy flavor: said to make a very dark red 

 wine, of superior quality, and to be entirely free from 

 rot or mildew ; very hardy and healthy. We found it 

 not as good as Clinton, and less productive. Should be 

 discarded. 



August Pioneer. (Lair.) Origin unknown ; one 

 of the coarsest of native sorts; large/black, with a firm, 

 hard, pulpy flesh ; fit only for stewing. Middle of Au- 

 gust. Downing. 



Baldwin Lenoir. (JEst.) Originated at West 

 Chester, Pa.; said to be a seedling of the Lenoir; lunch 

 small, rather loose; lerries small, quite dark, almost 

 black; flesh somewhat rough, acid, brisk. Reported 

 the richest in grape sugar of 26 varieties tested by the 

 chemist of the Agr. Department at Washington. In 

 foliage and habit of growth, it is much like Lincoln. 



Barnes'. (Lair.) Originated with Parker Barnes, 

 Boston, Mass. Bunches shouldered; lerries medium, 

 oval, black, sweet and good ; nearly as early as Hart- 

 ford. Strong. We have not seen the grape. 



*Mr. Charles Arnold, of Paris, Canada, has been very 

 successful in his experiments in hybridizing the native 

 Clinton with the pollen of foreign varieties His peedlings 

 seem to be of decided promise. The Committee of the Paris 

 Horticultural Society say in their report: " We flnd the most 

 prominent characteristics of them as a class are : fir>t, per- 

 fect bardinebs and vigorous growth; second, early riptmng 

 both ot the fruit and wood, and as vet remarkable freedom 

 from diseas- , with large, handsome foliage of a very distinct 

 character and not woolly ; bunches large on the average; the 

 berries larger than medium; skin thin, and in all the num- 

 bt-rs we tested, free from pulp, and with a full, pleasant, 

 sprightly flavor; our judgment \ ing based not on a cursory 

 examination, but from having known them for the last two 

 seasons." 



